ROCHESTER, NY—Eastman Community Music School will hold its annual holiday “Homecoming” Saturday December 23 beginning at 10 a.m.—a tradition that began in 1998. A day packed with musical events, Homecoming features concurrent performances by Eastman Community Music School students and ensembles of all ages taking place in several venues on the Eastman campus. Current and […]

Two University of Rochester and Eastman School of Music professors have received prestigious awards from the American Musicological Society. Honey Meconi was named a recipient of the Noah Greenberg Award and Ralph P. Locke received the H. Colin Slim Award at the organization’s recent annual meeting. The Slim Award, which is given for an article […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—It may be cold outside, but the Eastman School of Music continues its 2006-2007 season with a number of hot concerts that feature impressive guest artists and exciting repertoire. Spring 2007 at Eastman has several musical delights in store for those who love great music. The highlight of the spring performance schedule is a […]

Rochester, N.Y.–The Eastman School of Music is proud to announce that two of its alumni and one of its current faculty members received nominations for the 49 th Annual Grammy Awards. Professor of Lute Paul O’Dette was nominated in the Best Instrumental Soloist Performance (without Orchestra) category for "Bacheler: The Bachelar’s Delight" on the Harmonia […]

Rochester, N.Y.–Ring in the holiday season with the Eastman Italian Baroque Organ at the Memorial Art Gallery! The Eastman School of Music will present a special hour-long holiday concert on the instrument, the only full-size Italian Baroque organ in North America, on Sunday, December 17 at 5:30 p.m. The recital will showcase Ulrika Davidsson, Instructor […]

ROCHESTER, N.Y.—Robert D. Levin, one of America’s leading keyboard players in the early instrument movement and best known as a Mozart pianist and scholar, will visit Eastman School of Music Thursday December 14 to deliver the inaugural lecture supported by the Glenn Watkins Lecture Fund. Levin’s talk, “The Challenges of Completing Mozart’s ‘C Minor Mass’” […]

A concert featuring Eastman School of Music vocal faculty is set for Sunday, December 3 at 3 p.m. in Kilbourn Hall. The event will be held to benefit a new endowed scholarship that will be awarded in the future to an Eastman voice student. International Student Scholarship Fund Gala Benefit Concert Sunday, December 3 at […]

The Eastman School of Music is proud to announce the winners of the 2006 Friends of Eastman Opera Voice Competition, which took place in Kilbourn Hall on Saturday, November 18. The first prize went to Jonathan Michie, baritone, a first year master’s student in the studio of Carol Webber. His Eastman Opera Theater credits include […]

Eastman Wind Ensemble Mark Davis Scatterday, conductor Wednesday, November 8 Eastman Theatre – 8 p.m. Appearing with the Eastman Wind Ensemble Wednesday, November 8 will be several award winning Eastman students including Bobby Mitchell on piano. A senior, Mitchell has won several prestigious piano competitions. Most notably, he was the first recipient of the William […]

Rochester, N.Y. — The sweet sounds of the human voice will ring through the halls of Eastman November 17 — 19, when three back-to-back events bring together vocal stars of today and tomorrow. The weekend begins with a performance by the Eastman Chorale November 17, continues with the Friends of Eastman Opera Sixth Annual Voice […]